My Dear Bravo students,
I'd like to assign the first reading journal of the spring semester (Unit 1). Please remember that late entries will not be assessed and evaluated. Plus, pen-and-paper submissions will not be accepted. I do also expect all of my students to complete their assignments :)
Best Wishes,
İnci teacher
READING JOURNAL UNIT - 1
YanıtlaSilThe text includes the paradox about happiness. Before I read the text, I had thought that happiness and unhappiness are totally antagonistic things, so if one of them rises, the other falls, but in the text it is said that there is a little connection between the two. It is really mesmeric for me to learn that the genetic factors affect the level of unhappiness, but happiness is a talent and it is no one's heritage. There are also results of some research which is practised on people, especially twins. In my point of view, if the topic which comes into question is about emotion, there cannot be a realistic and exact result. I have to state that I support the opinion which says that happiness is a talent, because if a person wants to do it, it is easy to make himself or herself happy. On the other hand, that happiness is directly related to the heritage is found strange to me. Why is not it possible to transfer happiness by genes? There are also some informations about the levels of happiness and happiness. If we can increase the level of happiness by doing activities which we enjoy ourselves while we are doing, the flap side is also possible. Even I do not agree with the author about some opinions which I mentioned, I like this text.
READING JOURNAL CT-4 U-1
YanıtlaSilThe author mentioned that happiness and unhappiness are approximately quite different feelings.However, people think unlike the author because it is common sense, but according to researces, the author's idea is true.The author's other point is that unhappiness is less influenced by enviroment than happiness.In other words,unhappiness may be genetic.In my estimation, this is totally correct because unlike the happiness, unhappiness cannot easily change day after day or week after week.It is inherited from our relationships, but happiness can be affected weather,climate,enviroment,or other things.For example,before I came to Ankara,I had been happier than now because of Ankara's climate and enviroment.Also,I agree with the author that we can control our own happiness.If we do funny things such as not doing homework,play computer games,etc. ,our happiness is certainly increased,but regardless of whatever we do,our unhappiness can be change a little bit or not.Although The author managed to keep me interested in the text,the topic can be come up with interesting documents,interesting examples.However, unlike the author's writing style,the title of the reading passage is a perfect match because almost all sentences related with the title,In other words,if you have not enough time to read whole essay in order to understand the main idea,you can read just the title to understand what is main idea
reading journal 1
YanıtlaSilI believed that happiness and unhappiness do not appear to be anyone's heritage until I read this text.I was right about happiness,but what about unhappiness?Specialists who are in University of Southern California say us unhappiness implies a genetic component.I thought it is not a proved,but they also studied with fraternal and identical twins,and I have not any doubt not to believe the research.There are less research about this issue although the writer gave four research's results in its text.In addition,when I see 'Someone says' like that I really get into it.I am also pleasured that these ones are many in this text.But all of these researchs,I have a little doubt because I know assorted of people neither their mother not their father are happy,but they are happy.Lastly,I think the more I will search,the more I will be satisfied.
Reading Journal(U1)
YanıtlaSilI used to believe happiness and unhappiness are about 50% envoiremental 50% genetic, but text made me realize that only happiness is envoiremental.As a matter of fact, that unhappiness is more genetic is logical because feeling of unhappiness is about not being satisfied with your own situation.It's all about personality and one of the determining factors of personality is genes.When I thought this way, the text seemed very logical and true.By way of addition,if happiness is up to envoirement much more than unhappiness,people must be aware of this and know that even only one smile can make others and themselves happy:)
READING JOURNAL - Unit 1
YanıtlaSilIs being happy or unhappy up to our lifestyle or genetics?Actually,that long question tells us what the text really about is.First of all,the text gives us an information about a truth that the majority people believe.Everybody thinks that there is a big relationship between happiness and unhappiness,but the text says this information is not exactly true.When I learned it,I was very surprised because I always think being unhappy directly affect our happiness.Another exciting and interesting information was about unhappiness.The author says unhappiness more genetical than happiness ,and depend on research this information was proven.I can easily say that I have never heard something like that.Actually,when people think it,it is not look very rational.In my opinion,being happy or unhappy totally depends on our choices and childhood.In addition,I don't think they can be research because they are feelings and there can be no specific pattern to introduce someone happy or unhappy.Sorry but I want to say that I didn't find the text and researches rational.
I think we get the wrong end of the stick, happiness and unhappiness cannot be realized by the tests.Without a shadow of a doubt, if you pick other 899 people, the result will be different. I do not believe tests can help us.In my estimation, happiness and unhappiness are affected by only environment. No matter how you are unhappy, your kid may be happy, everything is related how person's childhood was.If you have great childhood, you do not be unhappy gratuitously.In generally people are neutral, neither happy, nor sad. We do not notice our emotions in our ordinary life, we go school, have lunch, do homeworks. We can't talk to ourself.I think this passage is waste of time, and only this book contains such a ridiculous passage.
YanıtlaSilREADING JOURNAL - Unit 1
YanıtlaSilİts obvious that the text depends on quite serious studies. I really enjoyed text but some parts could not convince me.I don't think that happiness is about genetics . I think that kind of feelings are under our control. Author of this text is trying to put the blame on genetics. İts wrong to make a certain comment by study with 200 families. As the text mentioned happiness can't be anyones heritage because its all about the life we are living.
In my view, the text contains not only good and interesting information, but also some boring information. For example, the text rectifies a common sense which is happiness and unhappiness are completely opposite, and flip sides of the same emotion, but thanks to text we learn that is not the truth. For me, it is the most educative information from this text. Also, I really liked the comparison of the happiness and unhappiness with love and hate. It is really good example and clarifies everything. Furthermore, it was new information for me that unhappiness can be heritage and happiness can be more influenced by environment and our actions. I can say that this text is quite good with all these information. However, this text mentions about twins like before all the other texts again and again. These parts have always been the most boring ones to me.
YanıtlaSilReading Journal -1-
YanıtlaSil"The Paradox of Happiness"
Before I read this passage, I thought happiness and unhappiness are completely different, but now, I know that I was wrong. It is very interesting, but still I'm not satisfied. Except this information, I think this passage is boring and too objective. If I were walking in writer's shoes, I would make some comments. Also there is a point which I got confused. If happiness and unhappiness are not flip sides of the some emotion, why we aren't happy when we feel low or why we aren't unhappy when we feel good? I couldn't find the answer of this dilemma in passage. It comes ridiculous to me. Maybe ony I thought like that. To sum up, this is a research and there could be exceptions. I guess I'm one of them.
READING JOURNAL - Unit 1
YanıtlaSilThe Paradox of Happiness
Trying to write something about happiness and unhappiness is easy and vice versa.I think like that becasue happiness is an very changeable emotion, and it can influenced by everyrthing hence I cannot tell certain things.When I scaned the text,I saw a lot of things about happiness, unhappiness, and the relationship of between them.I used to think that happiness and unhappiness are two distinct feelings like morning and evening. When one of them comes, the other goes at least I used to think like that, but I realized that they are not like that when I read the text.The text said that feelings of happiness and unhappiness can coexist, and I think it is very meaningfull. When something makes me happy, the other thing makes me unhappy in a sense I can happy and unhappy at the same time.The other things that I share in the text is that unhappiness appears to be heritage.I can agree with the text depend on my experiences. Genetics factors affects us more than enviorement about unhappiness. Generally I like the text but working on people cannot give certain result to us.Only one person can changed the result.Saying something depend on researches that doing with 800 person is not very good way because we can never generalise people and their feelings.Doing that is a big mistake.